Copy and paste the following questions into a document. Read your article and type the answer to each question in complete sentences. Type the article title at the top of the page.
1. What event, people, movements, ideas, norms and/or perceptions does this article mention that were important during the time period in which the article was written?
2. How is the American Dream defined and/or described in this article? How does this definition reflect the historical context in which the article was written?
3. What quotes from the article best illustrate the article's "take" on the concept of the American Dream? Do you agree with the image of American that these quotes present? Why or why not?
4. Compare and contrast the article's presentation of the American Dream with contemporary conceptions or concept. What about the representation of the American Dream has stayed the same through time and what, if anything, has changed?
Group 1 "America Faces 1933's Realities"
Group 2 "The Most Powerful Idea in the World"
Group 3 "Essence of America"
Group 4 "The American Dream"
Group 5 "Pre-Election Mood: 'There's No Time for Dreams'" "The Looming 80's"
Group 6 "Testing the Resonance of the American Dream" "Our Towns; A Chance to Live, and Then Describe, Her Own American Dream"
Copy and paste the following questions into a document. Read your article and type the answer to each question in complete sentences. Type the article title at the top of the page.
1. What event, people, movements, ideas, norms and/or perceptions does this article mention that were important during the time period in which the article was written?2. How is the American Dream defined and/or described in this article? How does this definition reflect the historical context in which the article was written?
3. What quotes from the article best illustrate the article's "take" on the concept of the American Dream? Do you agree with the image of American that these quotes present? Why or why not?
4. Compare and contrast the article's presentation of the American Dream with contemporary conceptions or concept. What about the representation of the American Dream has stayed the same through time and what, if anything, has changed?
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